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first came the hoopla over a done deal to avert the fiscal cliff and then some outrage over a vote that didn't happen. >> disaster relief was something you didn't play games with. but now in this current atmosphere, everything is the subject one upsmanship and for the political game. and it's just, it's why the american people hate congress. it's why they hate them. >> that was new jersey's governor chris christie, one of a few republicans who criticized the fact that john boehner's republican-led house of representatives refused to hold a vote on a senate approved bill to spend 60 billion dollars on hurricane relief. now, they did approve a smaller chunk on friday. 9.7 billion dollars and they are promising to hold more votes, but here is how the media jumped on this. newark star, christy rips g.o.p. on sandy bill delay, cnn called it a bombshell. is that too much drama, jim? >> well, i mean, it works for christie, doesn't it? the governor of new jersey has now set himself up as a sort of triangulated figure looking down with mostly scorn at both the democrats and the republicans and i
first came the hoopla over a done deal to avert the fiscal cliff and then some outrage over a vote that didn't happen. >> disaster relief was something you didn't play games with. but now in this current atmosphere, everything is the subject one upsmanship and for the political game. and it's just, it's why the american people hate congress. it's why they hate them. >> that was new jersey's governor chris christie, one of a few republicans who criticized the fact that john boehner's...
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. >>> a fiscal cliff hanger. now a done deal. there's another big threat that's only two months a i way. good evening. >> the house approved a fiscal cliff compromise. 257-167. president obama thanked congress and then hopped on a plane to hawaii. >> reporter: president obama will sign the bill. today's pressure was intense. there there was no agreement, negotiations would have had to start all over. after closed door meetings, house republican leaders finally put to a vote the fiscal cliff compromise. a bipartisan senate packed last night. >> we had listened to the american people. we have heeded their call to work together in a pi partisan way. >> reporter: president obama spoke minutes after the vote. >> the one thing i think we'll focus on in the new year is put ago package like this together with a little bit less drama. not scare the heck out of folks quite as much. >> reporter: house majority leader voted no on the compromise. he dropped efforts to amend the bill to add more spending cuts after failing to get enough fellow
. >>> a fiscal cliff hanger. now a done deal. there's another big threat that's only two months a i way. good evening. >> the house approved a fiscal cliff compromise. 257-167. president obama thanked congress and then hopped on a plane to hawaii. >> reporter: president obama will sign the bill. today's pressure was intense. there there was no agreement, negotiations would have had to start all over. after closed door meetings, house republican leaders finally put to a vote...
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republicans are saying we are done with tax hikes, that was done in the fiscal cliff deal. we are not doing any more tax hikes. senator durbin says there are more tax hikes probably looning out there for the wealthy. this may sound very familiar 'cause it's pretty much the same argument they have been having around other fiscal issues for two years. >> right. but it could be a more fervent one. we will see. >> yes. yes. >> kansi crowley, as always, a weather. >> thanks, martin. >>> the president is also expected to fail couple other key cabinet posts. already said that senator john kerry is his pick to replace hillary clinton when she steps down as secretary of state kerry has support among republicans and he should, underline should, have a relatively easy ride through its confirmation process. white house chief of staff jack lew is considered to be a front-runner for treasury secretary. tim guy earthquake in the current head of the treasury, smektsed to leave around the time of the inauguration. the void left by david petraeus as head of the cia could be filled by john br
republicans are saying we are done with tax hikes, that was done in the fiscal cliff deal. we are not doing any more tax hikes. senator durbin says there are more tax hikes probably looning out there for the wealthy. this may sound very familiar 'cause it's pretty much the same argument they have been having around other fiscal issues for two years. >> right. but it could be a more fervent one. we will see. >> yes. yes. >> kansi crowley, as always, a weather. >> thanks,...
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somehow, work still has to get done. we saw how long it took to get a fiscal cliff deal done. not very pretty, was it? and now congress has to get a debt deal done and work on the spending cuts from the last crisis. the broken congress is our focus this morning. and joining me now is veteran congressman john campbell, a republican in from california's 48th district. welcome, how are you? >> good morning, i'm fine. >> good. let's start with that fiscal cliff deal. you were one of the no votes. and this is how you described it -- "i personally hate it. the speaker the day after the election said we would give on taxes, and we have, but we wanted spending cuts. this bill has spending increases, are you kidding me?" first off, are you surprised that it passed the house? >> no, i guess i'm not because clearly what was it -- 95% of the democrats in the house voted for it. i wasn't that surprised. it only took a few republicans -- i think about 35% of republicans voted for it. but if 10% had voted for it or 15%, it still would have passed. this is unfortunately what's gotten us into
somehow, work still has to get done. we saw how long it took to get a fiscal cliff deal done. not very pretty, was it? and now congress has to get a debt deal done and work on the spending cuts from the last crisis. the broken congress is our focus this morning. and joining me now is veteran congressman john campbell, a republican in from california's 48th district. welcome, how are you? >> good morning, i'm fine. >> good. let's start with that fiscal cliff deal. you were one of the...
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some work apparently got done last night on this whole fiscal cliff business. so that's a bit of good news as we start the morning at 4:25. >>> good morning to you. it's wednesday, january 2nd, 2013, i'm wisdom martin. >> i'm sarah simmons. welcome to fox 5 morning news. >>> we'll get to the fiscal cliff deal in just a second. first let's check in with tucker and get the latest on our weather. hey, tucker, it's cold. >> yeah. good morning, yeah. it's going to be a chilly day. we've had a cold front that's driving through the area as we speak and that can be responsible for some chilly temperatures around here for the next couple days. hour high will only be about 40 and overnight lows in the 20s. there's satellite and radar. we have a leftover shower, even some light snow showers to the south and east this morning. you got to get down into southern maryland, down across the bay here, down towards salisbury and ocean city, finding a couple light sprinkles and showers. that's the back edge of the front. still dealing with clouds out there too, but the trend will
some work apparently got done last night on this whole fiscal cliff business. so that's a bit of good news as we start the morning at 4:25. >>> good morning to you. it's wednesday, january 2nd, 2013, i'm wisdom martin. >> i'm sarah simmons. welcome to fox 5 morning news. >>> we'll get to the fiscal cliff deal in just a second. first let's check in with tucker and get the latest on our weather. hey, tucker, it's cold. >> yeah. good morning, yeah. it's going to be a...
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it is what didn't get done in the fiscal cliff deal. if i can watch jim's word. it is a political story that comes out of the debacle. one column was thoughtful by robert samuelson who said it is it a failure of presidential leadership. the president was not talking at all about the fact that the country was. >> it wasia financial store foreand fot political. >> no. >> no it is it about taxes and budget. we should have had financial reporters covering it political reporters all they did was talk about sparring and who is up and down. new york times coverage was all politics and atrocious. >> we saw a gop scis'm . cantor wanted to vote for it and boehner was against it and this is it the latest example we saw the house vote. and lib ramedia versus gun owners. it is nbc david gregory takes main stream media arrogance to a new level and showing a large capacity gun clip on air . publishing of names and addresses of gun owners; is that their job? >> i am a man who follows the rule of law. we are not talking about the rule of law anymore. we are talking about endanger
it is what didn't get done in the fiscal cliff deal. if i can watch jim's word. it is a political story that comes out of the debacle. one column was thoughtful by robert samuelson who said it is it a failure of presidential leadership. the president was not talking at all about the fact that the country was. >> it wasia financial store foreand fot political. >> no. >> no it is it about taxes and budget. we should have had financial reporters covering it political reporters...
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cliff. >> heather: you mentioned what happened in the mid 1990s, congress gave the treasury authority to issue enough to cover social security payments for the month of march. an estimated $61 billion is due between february 15 and march 15. what about delayed payments or partial payments? >> again, i think that the politicians -- by the way, i hate the politicking of this and the constant making everybody worry. i think it does get done. if it doesn't it may be a few days after that. it would be the worst thing possible to have any person getting social security all of a sudden have to worry about it. the economy is not just about spending but how they feel about spending and government. if government takes too long to get this done, it will affect the economy that is just trying to get off the back here. i think they will get this done. i'm not as worried as other people are and i'm definitely not worried about social security. >> heather: no worries, be happy. gary, thank you for joining us. >> gregg: you should write a song like that. >> heather: i think i've heard it before. >> g
cliff. >> heather: you mentioned what happened in the mid 1990s, congress gave the treasury authority to issue enough to cover social security payments for the month of march. an estimated $61 billion is due between february 15 and march 15. what about delayed payments or partial payments? >> again, i think that the politicians -- by the way, i hate the politicking of this and the constant making everybody worry. i think it does get done. if it doesn't it may be a few days after...
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and that's >>> a fiscal cliff hanger. now a done deal. but there's another big thet that's only two months -- threat that's only two months away. >>> hookers and drugs, only the beginning. the secret life of a millionaire murdered in his mansion. >>> the four-year-old who got his father back. good evening. >> and we begin with breaking news out of washington tonight. where less than two hours ago the house approved a fiscal cliff deal, 257-167. sharon chin is in the newsroom with more on what's next. sharon. >> reporter: next president obama will sign the bill. this was a lot of pressure today. if there was no agreement before a new congress takes office thursday negotiations would have had to start all over. after closed door meetings this was a vote on the fiscal cliff compromise a by partisan senate overwhelmingly passed last night. >> we have listened to the american people, we have heeded their call once again to work together in a by partisan way. >> reporter: president obama spoke minutes after the vote. one thing i think hopefully
and that's >>> a fiscal cliff hanger. now a done deal. but there's another big thet that's only two months -- threat that's only two months away. >>> hookers and drugs, only the beginning. the secret life of a millionaire murdered in his mansion. >>> the four-year-old who got his father back. good evening. >> and we begin with breaking news out of washington tonight. where less than two hours ago the house approved a fiscal cliff deal, 257-167. sharon chin is in...
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cliff behind us is that the argument is not about taxes. now we're talking about spending. republicans, leader mcconnell on the hill, speaker boehner say we're done. we solved the problem of baselines that are flux waiting every two years, we know where we are on the revenue side, and now all the fights need to come on spending, and conservatives are in a good position to talk bow size of government and cutting back a lot of the pelosi, reid, and obama spending binge. neil: you know, i look at the numbers, and, jonas, there's just no way you can get there alone on taxes, that hark to the fact that the the "wall street journal" had tax all their money, $1.3 trillion, does not address the deficit just this year. so you have to get more money from other folks; right? >> no question taxes did not go up enough to settle the budget, the hole of the major spending cuts. obama talks about the clinton years, but taxes were higher for lower income, families, child credits were not there, and lower rates. what's the problem is it did not apply to peop
cliff behind us is that the argument is not about taxes. now we're talking about spending. republicans, leader mcconnell on the hill, speaker boehner say we're done. we solved the problem of baselines that are flux waiting every two years, we know where we are on the revenue side, and now all the fights need to come on spending, and conservatives are in a good position to talk bow size of government and cutting back a lot of the pelosi, reid, and obama spending binge. neil: you know, i look at...
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increases with part of this negotiation. >> and the president himself said in the midst of the fiscal cliff deal when it looked like a deal, that this does not end the tax debate, but the the republicans say, that you know, there's 80 trillion dollars in unemployment liabilities no matter what you do in taxes, that's not going to solve where the problem is, which is medicare, social security, and medicaid, entitlement reform and they gave in, they thought on raising taxes and revenue and want to focus pretty much exclusively on entitlement spending. >> jamie weinstein, it's going to be an interesting couple of months in washington. thank you. >> it will be exciting. >> get ready to say goodbye to falling gas prices, why experts say prepare to pay more at the pump this year and it's something that every travelling carries in his or her luggage, but managed to shut down part of the world's busiest airport and more on what caused the commotion, a train collides with a car. the the fate of the driver behind the wheel coming up. let's give thanks - for an idea. a grand idea called america.
increases with part of this negotiation. >> and the president himself said in the midst of the fiscal cliff deal when it looked like a deal, that this does not end the tax debate, but the the republicans say, that you know, there's 80 trillion dollars in unemployment liabilities no matter what you do in taxes, that's not going to solve where the problem is, which is medicare, social security, and medicaid, entitlement reform and they gave in, they thought on raising taxes and revenue and...
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cliff, we got things done. >> you produced about -- >> we got things done though. we mopped legislation. we will go -- >> let me ask you about redistricting. it's texas and florida are the two. do you think they'll be new maps? >> that's something the courts in both states have to decide upon. >> we'll just get handed what the courts -- >> but those are the two, i think texas will probably company out about where it's at, the legislature's -- >> i want to talk about this primary issue. you have club for growth. primary. you were a target for them. they announce their first big successful recruitment against mike simpson in idaho. how much of it -- is there any chance any incumbent republican and the nrcc would not get nrcc support? >> i would hope the club for growth would be about beating democrats and growing our majority but we're not the only party, by the way, chuck, with primaries. we got mike mcintyre down in north carolina now facing a primary because he's too moderate or whatever for the democrats. county commission, african-american, down there, is challe
cliff, we got things done. >> you produced about -- >> we got things done though. we mopped legislation. we will go -- >> let me ask you about redistricting. it's texas and florida are the two. do you think they'll be new maps? >> that's something the courts in both states have to decide upon. >> we'll just get handed what the courts -- >> but those are the two, i think texas will probably company out about where it's at, the legislature's -- >> i want...
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if we would've had the fiscal cliff legislation introduced about 600 billion of revenue. that is the green line. that is the trajectory would the honest nothing had been done. the blue line represents all the actions that have been taken so far. that represents the budget control act, the sequestered in the revenue that was done before the end of the year. as you can see, that still has us on an upward trajectory with the debt at the end of this decade. what this does not show us what is going to happen right beyond the ten-year window on the debt is going to take off like a scolded cat. so anybody but thinks we've resolved this problem by what has been done so far is not dealing with the reality we confront. and i understand if you're in public life, the convenient to do is to hope, to wish, to believe that you .. to do with the problem. this is not enough to do with the problem. you can see the debt will be 80% of the gdp are close to that. i think it is 77% of gdp. as the publicly held debt. the gross debt would be 30 points higher, would be 107%. that is our debt to g
if we would've had the fiscal cliff legislation introduced about 600 billion of revenue. that is the green line. that is the trajectory would the honest nothing had been done. the blue line represents all the actions that have been taken so far. that represents the budget control act, the sequestered in the revenue that was done before the end of the year. as you can see, that still has us on an upward trajectory with the debt at the end of this decade. what this does not show us what is going...
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the fiscal cliff, a deal is done. we never hit the so-called dairy cliff, that's good thing, but dairy products are still about to cost a lot more, as are a lot of other goods. we have some ways to help you save money, coming up. >>> lot of the things we buy every day are suddenly about to cost a lot more. prices are jumping this year on all sorts of basics. our josh levels is here to break it down for us and leave us is broke apparently. hello, josh. >> hey there martin. we will have bad news but then there is going to be good news as well, i promise. we will balance it out here. the first thing is we all need to niece lot of talk about the dairy cliff not happening. the fact is nevertheless, prices on a lot of the goods that we buy all the time are going up in 2013, you should know in advance so you don't get caught offguard when you go shopping. starting with meat products, in general, expecting all meat products, as a rule to group 3 to 4%. this is a result, largely, of the drought that's been going on in america.
the fiscal cliff, a deal is done. we never hit the so-called dairy cliff, that's good thing, but dairy products are still about to cost a lot more, as are a lot of other goods. we have some ways to help you save money, coming up. >>> lot of the things we buy every day are suddenly about to cost a lot more. prices are jumping this year on all sorts of basics. our josh levels is here to break it down for us and leave us is broke apparently. hello, josh. >> hey there martin. we will...
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but not all were in full support of the deal. >> and the problem is we set up three more fiscal cliffs. we're going to have to deal with the debt ceiling, we're going to have to deal with the continuing resolution expiration and we're going to have to deal with the sequester. and all that's left is spending cuts. >> we're gonna look back on this night and regret it. >>reporter: senate lawmakers voted 89-8 overwhelmingly in favor of the legislation in the early morning hours of new year's day. and although the house has finally supported the bill as well, representatives from both sides suggest it now sets the stage for more work in the coming weeks. >> virtually no one believes that what we have before us tonight is a long-term solution to this problem. >> this legislation is far from perfect, and the process that has led us here is an utter disgrace. yet in this time of crisis, we must act first and foremost to try to protect the american economy. and today's legislation will do that. >>reporter: and there is another financial crisis brewing. in just two months, the new congress will
but not all were in full support of the deal. >> and the problem is we set up three more fiscal cliffs. we're going to have to deal with the debt ceiling, we're going to have to deal with the continuing resolution expiration and we're going to have to deal with the sequester. and all that's left is spending cuts. >> we're gonna look back on this night and regret it. >>reporter: senate lawmakers voted 89-8 overwhelmingly in favor of the legislation in the early morning hours of...
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they'll figure out the solution, just like they figured out the solution on the fiscal cliff. >> so you're not telling them that they shouldn't -- >> i have not told them the specifics about how to solve it. come together, talk to one another. figure it out. that's the way we've always done things around here. have a great weekend, everybody. >> i want to thank secretary lahood with whom it is always a pleasure to share this podium. (laughter.) no, i mean that seriously. and he'll be missed by me and everyone else here at the white house. if i could just -- in answer to the question in the back, we'll just go straight to the issue here. the way to avert sequester is to pass a bill that can be agreed to by democrats and republicans that either buys down the sequester or, when there was time to do this, that achieves the $4-trillion goal by reducing the deficit further along the lines of the big deal that president obama and speaker boehner were talking about during the fiscal cliff negotiations. there's the offer the president made is still on the table -- spending cuts, entitlement savings
they'll figure out the solution, just like they figured out the solution on the fiscal cliff. >> so you're not telling them that they shouldn't -- >> i have not told them the specifics about how to solve it. come together, talk to one another. figure it out. that's the way we've always done things around here. have a great weekend, everybody. >> i want to thank secretary lahood with whom it is always a pleasure to share this podium. (laughter.) no, i mean that seriously. and...
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when everything's said and done, it's called "the cliff," but it's tightening, fiscal tightening. what offsets tightening? the ben bernanke fed doing everything they can. they went all in on housing. we're looking to signals from the housing sector starting in february and march -- ashley: who holds the key -- >> winter time is slow, but february and march, should have clear signals putting the cliff behind us if the economy ramps up and produces that double digit earnings growth at the end of this year, originally expected for the fourth quarter. ashley: companies have cash on hand, waiting to invest in cap and hiring and what have you, but the 2% payroll tax hike hurts everyone. that has to hurt consumer discretionary in a form or fashion. >> it will unless -- it's 2% readjustment of the payroll tax, and wealthier households pay more, and that's just the consequence of the political situation we're in, but the economy, the housing sector could yet be a huge end gin of growth if it didn't get derailed, and that comes down to confidence and what the economy, and particularly, the
when everything's said and done, it's called "the cliff," but it's tightening, fiscal tightening. what offsets tightening? the ben bernanke fed doing everything they can. they went all in on housing. we're looking to signals from the housing sector starting in february and march -- ashley: who holds the key -- >> winter time is slow, but february and march, should have clear signals putting the cliff behind us if the economy ramps up and produces that double digit earnings...
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we crossed the river into virginia and the fact that the fiscal cliff deal is still not done comes to no surprise from everyone you're about to hear from. we traveled to the north side social in arlington with one goal. we asked people for one word to describe congress. >> one word -- >> you guessed it, nonare flattering. >> dysfunctional. >> stubborn. >> silly. >> watching the 112th congress bicker its way through negotiationings leaves people lime tom disappointed. >> i'm adisappointed. >> people like katherine apathetic. >> it seems like a cycle of nonsense. >> it has gotten worse. >> he's right. this congress will go down as the least productive on record. the bottom line is that members are not putting country first. >> now it is so bipartisan and they are used to beating the other guy. >> which brings us to the next congress and the next fight acoss cross the board spending cuts and the fiscal cliff negotiations delayed for two months. the idea that battle will be different than this one seems -- >> i would like it to. >> laughable. she makes a point that a lot of people make du
we crossed the river into virginia and the fact that the fiscal cliff deal is still not done comes to no surprise from everyone you're about to hear from. we traveled to the north side social in arlington with one goal. we asked people for one word to describe congress. >> one word -- >> you guessed it, nonare flattering. >> dysfunctional. >> stubborn. >> silly. >> watching the 112th congress bicker its way through negotiationings leaves people lime tom...
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. >> he's off to the side, the fiscal cliff, joe biden and mitch mcconnell said that's probably if harry reid and mitch mcconnell can't get it done in the next day-and-a-half, that's when you bring biden in before we absolutely embarrass ourselves on the world stage by failing to pay our bills. >> without looking back at all the pool numbers from various organizations, is anyone going to ends up on this? i feel everyone is a loser in terms of the politics they all try to play here? >> everyone is loser, but the polls to date show when the republican party is at the lowest rate of any political party in history. you got a problem t. tea party loves the rating to date. you pla adangerous game if you try to exploit that with a serious die nam ec just ahead of us as a country. >> is there any question will is not time left to actually get a piece of legislation to the president's desk before we hit the debt ceiling? because, of course, what do we say? miracles can happen in washington when they're up against a dead lean? but if you have conservative members, especially in the senate, who cou
. >> he's off to the side, the fiscal cliff, joe biden and mitch mcconnell said that's probably if harry reid and mitch mcconnell can't get it done in the next day-and-a-half, that's when you bring biden in before we absolutely embarrass ourselves on the world stage by failing to pay our bills. >> without looking back at all the pool numbers from various organizations, is anyone going to ends up on this? i feel everyone is a loser in terms of the politics they all try to play here?...
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after side stepping the fiscal cliff the country now faces an economic triple threat of even greater scale. at stake, automatic spending cuts, government funding and the full faith and credit of the united states. with bruises still fresh from the last dustup, early jabs already flying. joining me to talk about this are two influencial members of congress. welcome to you both. we were talking before the program started mitch mcconnell the senate minority leader said on another sunday program the revenue piece is done, no more taxes. the president wants more tabs and wants to close loopholes and element deductions. how is this fight going to unfold as we go forward? >> if mitch mcconnell is going to draw that line in the sand it will be a recipe for more gridlock. we have to take a balanced approach to long-term deficit reduction meaning additional cuts and remember last year the president signed into law more than $1.5 trillion in cuts. 100% cuts. as a result of avoiding the fiscal cliff we raised about $730 billion in revenue from very high income individuals. as we go forward we ne
after side stepping the fiscal cliff the country now faces an economic triple threat of even greater scale. at stake, automatic spending cuts, government funding and the full faith and credit of the united states. with bruises still fresh from the last dustup, early jabs already flying. joining me to talk about this are two influencial members of congress. welcome to you both. we were talking before the program started mitch mcconnell the senate minority leader said on another sunday program...
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in very partisan time he was the key player in getting the fiscal cliff deal done but he does not have the fund-raising ability or the persona that hillary clinton does. but, clearly, hillary clinton is aiming to run. she recently joined twitter. it is going to happen unless there's a health issue. gregg: does biden have image problems? he has the old dan quayle, foot-in-mouth disease and constant gaffe loop the rnc runs on their website. >> right. that got him in trouble when he ran in 2008. also ran once before in 198. but he is likeable. that is the one thing voter do like. if you go back to iowa, hillary clinton finished third in iowa but joe biden got less than 1% in 2008. so the chances of abiden candidacy i think are slim unless hillary decides she is not going to run. >> she may be the favorite but she is also the leading unfavorite if you will. and let's put it up on the screen. she is number one when voters are asked which candidate they would least like to see win the nomination. and in fact, joe biden does better. why is that? is that because fundamentally she tend to be a
in very partisan time he was the key player in getting the fiscal cliff deal done but he does not have the fund-raising ability or the persona that hillary clinton does. but, clearly, hillary clinton is aiming to run. she recently joined twitter. it is going to happen unless there's a health issue. gregg: does biden have image problems? he has the old dan quayle, foot-in-mouth disease and constant gaffe loop the rnc runs on their website. >> right. that got him in trouble when he ran in...
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cheryl: a look at your voting record and you voted no on the fiscal cliff despite the fact the fiscal cliff deal past and here we are now. chuck schumer already speaking out on the democratic side saying we will look at this, but we're also going to want to increase taxes. that was a flat-ou flat out linm senator schumer. will the senate rain on this parade? >> the senate reins in every parade everyday. that is not an earth flash there. i voted against raising taxes on any americans for the majority in the house and the senate and the president said some taxes have to go up. i disagreed with that. i didn't think the leadership was going to be in any mood, i know the rank-and-file will not be in any mood to raise taxes. doesn't mean we can't raise some revenue with sales and asset sales and things like that, but in terms of tax increases, i think every house republican would vote no on a pure tax increase. cheryl: spending reductions. i know you and many of your republican colleagues in the house have said and how it programs have to be addressed, but if you recall, said absolutely the
cheryl: a look at your voting record and you voted no on the fiscal cliff despite the fact the fiscal cliff deal past and here we are now. chuck schumer already speaking out on the democratic side saying we will look at this, but we're also going to want to increase taxes. that was a flat-ou flat out linm senator schumer. will the senate rain on this parade? >> the senate reins in every parade everyday. that is not an earth flash there. i voted against raising taxes on any americans for...
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government shutdown actuality, debt ceiling threat, fiscal cliff. they have done it seven times no significant legislation. which do you think is more important to them? there's nothing about the last few weeks of political back and forth that explain twhies is happening. nothing about the back and forth on the hill tonight that explains what this is about. nothing about health reform that explains what is happening. this is happening because they like the tactic n. 2011, they made it about the budget. for a minute it was about planned parenthood funding a hot moment this weekend, the whole thing is whether your boss can block contraception covered by health insurance. doesn't matter what they are using it for. the point is they are willing to go this far. what is happening tonight is what is happening because this is what republicans do and what they promise to do. this tactic is an end in and of itself. it displays sufficient fervor. that's why there is no talking them out of it. elect republicans and they will burn the place down. and they like t
government shutdown actuality, debt ceiling threat, fiscal cliff. they have done it seven times no significant legislation. which do you think is more important to them? there's nothing about the last few weeks of political back and forth that explain twhies is happening. nothing about the back and forth on the hill tonight that explains what this is about. nothing about health reform that explains what is happening. this is happening because they like the tactic n. 2011, they made it about the...
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cliff. >> it's too important for our families to not get it done. >> the president did eventually have that lunch with romney, which yielded only an awkward photo. plus there was little outreach to rank and file republicans beyond one on ones with speaker john boehner. the president's team says the gop was dug in on taxes, so he did his best. >> he negotiated with and engaged with republican leaders and he put forward proposals that represented by any measure, serious compromise. >> the strategy seemed to pay off as the president got a better deal in the cliff talks. and went into his inaugural riding high. since the state of the union, though, he's had far less leverage in the sequester fight after some missteps, including exaggerations about the impact. >> whether it's sequester related, i don't know. >> backlash over shutting white house tours to save less than $100,000 a week. >> the sequester is like 85 billion and $75,000 doesn't seem like really anything. >> now with the clock ticking on lame duck status, advisors to the president say he's anxious to get a big budget deal so he
cliff. >> it's too important for our families to not get it done. >> the president did eventually have that lunch with romney, which yielded only an awkward photo. plus there was little outreach to rank and file republicans beyond one on ones with speaker john boehner. the president's team says the gop was dug in on taxes, so he did his best. >> he negotiated with and engaged with republican leaders and he put forward proposals that represented by any measure, serious...
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cliff deal. they agreed more health care cuts than have been done to date, but what it was both on the beneficiary and provider sides. they agreed to do other mandatory cuts that was everything from agriculture to federal retirees. they agreed to do cuts in defense and non-defense beyond what is in the budget control act, and they agreed to do a chained cpi. it would have been a positive step forward. it would not have solved the problem because it would have only gotten the debt down to a 73% of gdp. it began to go up after that. we have got to quit focusing on these next 10 years and focus on the out years. that is why we need to make social security sustainably solvent, why we have to slow the rate of health care and get serious about ending the cost care curve. >> so that these guys were this close in december, then we will pick up from there and move it along. that is what this is coming, not because simpson-bowles or bowles-simpson said. it is do something. >> if not president obama, who? t
cliff deal. they agreed more health care cuts than have been done to date, but what it was both on the beneficiary and provider sides. they agreed to do other mandatory cuts that was everything from agriculture to federal retirees. they agreed to do cuts in defense and non-defense beyond what is in the budget control act, and they agreed to do a chained cpi. it would have been a positive step forward. it would not have solved the problem because it would have only gotten the debt down to a 73%...
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in the fiscal cliff negotiations, congress did not come up with a short-term fix. they extended it until the end of february. host: how do the cuts take place? guest: they are cumulative. it is a certain percentage of what remains of the fiscal year. it is not like a shutdown situation where things stopped abruptly. they take place over the course of several months. a lot of the impact will not be felt right away. host: this is already complex enough. it gets more complex and knowing that about a month from now, the temporary funding of all the government expires, and you put the two together? guest: that is another hard deadline. that is the continuing resolution that is currently funding government in the absence of an official budget for agencies. that is when congress has to decide what is going to happen with the rest of the fiscal year. it is lagging about one month behind the sequester deadline. it could go into effect while congress is continuing to negotiate over the final budget. host: our guest is tom shoup. he will be with us until about 9:00 eastern ti
in the fiscal cliff negotiations, congress did not come up with a short-term fix. they extended it until the end of february. host: how do the cuts take place? guest: they are cumulative. it is a certain percentage of what remains of the fiscal year. it is not like a shutdown situation where things stopped abruptly. they take place over the course of several months. a lot of the impact will not be felt right away. host: this is already complex enough. it gets more complex and knowing that about...
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one thing that we did do addressing the fiscal cliff and obviously much more needs to be done, we did make the lower tax rates permanent. that permanency is important to create certainty to get economic growth and get business investment. yes, we do need to address the deductions and closing loopholes. but we have to keep our rates down. it can't be just raising taxes. it's about making simpler fairer tax code that stimulates business growth. host: when you talk to your constituents what's the number one question you get about washington and the politics in this town? guest: why can't you guys get together and do what i said. have a big plan and put it in place that does all of these things. progrowth tax reform, entitlement reform and reducing spending, balancing the budget so that we get on a long term trajectory for growth and job creation and make sure we're strong. host: you can joining us on facebook or twitter. you can send us an e-mail or give us a phone call. senator hoeven, why is it so hard to get to that point? why can't democrats and republicans bridge the divide and reac
one thing that we did do addressing the fiscal cliff and obviously much more needs to be done, we did make the lower tax rates permanent. that permanency is important to create certainty to get economic growth and get business investment. yes, we do need to address the deductions and closing loopholes. but we have to keep our rates down. it can't be just raising taxes. it's about making simpler fairer tax code that stimulates business growth. host: when you talk to your constituents what's the...
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cliff thing done, right? he has leaped through the sandy thing. is there any hope that with the new class coming in that he could be more effective as speaker? >> it's possible that once having tamped down a rebell wron in the last few weeks he could have a more stable role now. what he showed his members was that a much worse deal for them and their principles awaited on the far side of the fiscal cliff, and that was why he was able to tamp down the rebellion in his ranks and pass that bill eventually. i think actually, you know, to call them the most unpredictive and the worst or whatever, you know, a lot of these guys came to washington to stop things from happening, so in a certain sense, it's a win for a conservative congressman who doesn't want the government to do more things. it's kind of a win for them. plus, we have a split government in congress, and that always leads to a certain amount of gridlock. it isn't just split government. it's split government in the era of hyper polarization when the two
cliff thing done, right? he has leaped through the sandy thing. is there any hope that with the new class coming in that he could be more effective as speaker? >> it's possible that once having tamped down a rebell wron in the last few weeks he could have a more stable role now. what he showed his members was that a much worse deal for them and their principles awaited on the far side of the fiscal cliff, and that was why he was able to tamp down the rebellion in his ranks and pass that...
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do you see more of the same what we saw during this fiscal cliff or is this something better on the horizon. >> wouldn't that be great if i could say yes but i can't say yes. remember when the election ended and it looked like this was going to be an era of compromise. john boehner came out and said of course we want to work with the president. the president said of course we want to work with the public. that was shattered within about 20 minutes after both men said that. and so i don't think we're looking at compromise anywhere, it's really about who can get their way by trying to intimidate the other side more. so democrats not the president but other democrats saying hey here's a way that's not compromise. we're going to print a coin, a trill undollar coinen dollar coin. think of this sort of establishment republican saying how about a partialual shut down of the government to get what we want. so we're not looking at all about compromise. it now seems like one side is just going to say if we try to scare you enough, you'll bend to our will. >> schieffer: in keeping with that, we had th
do you see more of the same what we saw during this fiscal cliff or is this something better on the horizon. >> wouldn't that be great if i could say yes but i can't say yes. remember when the election ended and it looked like this was going to be an era of compromise. john boehner came out and said of course we want to work with the president. the president said of course we want to work with the public. that was shattered within about 20 minutes after both men said that. and so i don't...
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and so you can't tell me that if we had two or three women involved in this fiscal cliff debate in the last month, that we wouldn't have gotten it done faster. i was at home over the holidays with my dad, and we all knew where we would end up. there were going to be tax increases. may have been at 300,000 or 4 hon thousand. there wasn't an american in this country that didn't know where we would land, and women want to get these done and keep moving forward, and these republican men, john boehner in particular, tend to want to stand reason and pound their chest rather than getting things done and solving our nation's problems, and i think it's time to get the speaker's gavel out of his hands and back in the handed of women. women make sure that congress is having the conversations that americans are having at their dipper tables every single night. and that's why voters this year lined up behind democrats and democratic women across the country. wasn't just the fiscal cliff. when you look at the last day of the 112th congress, you can see why we're so happy this congress is now over. t
and so you can't tell me that if we had two or three women involved in this fiscal cliff debate in the last month, that we wouldn't have gotten it done faster. i was at home over the holidays with my dad, and we all knew where we would end up. there were going to be tax increases. may have been at 300,000 or 4 hon thousand. there wasn't an american in this country that didn't know where we would land, and women want to get these done and keep moving forward, and these republican men, john...
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ultimately, house republicans did get their side of the fiscal cliff deal passed, but john boehner had to do it with 172 democrats, and only 58 republicans. twice as many republicans voted against him as voted with him. the man was already at the end of a very, very, very frayed rope, and that was before this happened. >> it's inexcusable. and i am -- i am here tonight saying to myself for the first time that i'm not proud of the decision my team has made. >> this congress has never, never failed to vote emergency appropriations for the aid of the beleaguered states, never. to ignore the plight of millions of american citizens, unprecedented, disgusting, unworthy of the leadership of this house. they should reconsider or they should hang their heads in shame. >> these republicans have no problem finding new york when they're out raising millions of dollars. anyone from new york or new jersey who contributes one penny to congressional republicans is out of their mind because what they did last night was put a knife in the back of new yorkers and new jerseyans. it was absolutely disgrace
ultimately, house republicans did get their side of the fiscal cliff deal passed, but john boehner had to do it with 172 democrats, and only 58 republicans. twice as many republicans voted against him as voted with him. the man was already at the end of a very, very, very frayed rope, and that was before this happened. >> it's inexcusable. and i am -- i am here tonight saying to myself for the first time that i'm not proud of the decision my team has made. >> this congress has...
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it takes the president as commander-in-chief using the bully pulpit as he has done on the fiscal cliff and with gun-control and other issues where he has stood up and taken the fight to the other side. he hasn't done that on these national security issues. he let the other side carry the narrative. >> if i am correct he issued a signing statement meaning he reserves the right to ignore that particular provision of the act. >> correct. he was always very critical of president bush when president bush used signing statement. now he is using signing statements to do what president bush did. at the end of the day he signed the bill that says you can't bring that detainee from guantanamo to the u.s. or transfer them without notifying congress in advance. >> most people in the country believe guantanamo is full of terrorists. the word has not gotten out who they are. in that context there are a number of members of congress who played to that fear and hysteria by saying we're going to stand up and protect our constituents and won't let them in the united states or somewhere else. so the way
it takes the president as commander-in-chief using the bully pulpit as he has done on the fiscal cliff and with gun-control and other issues where he has stood up and taken the fight to the other side. he hasn't done that on these national security issues. he let the other side carry the narrative. >> if i am correct he issued a signing statement meaning he reserves the right to ignore that particular provision of the act. >> correct. he was always very critical of president bush...
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this fiscal cliff was so loaded with pork. is this the only way we can get things done in politics anymore. >> you refer to it as pork. it is a method by which you respond to the interests of the people who are to cast the vote and that's not pork. >> what is that then? >> paola? >> no. it's a way to go around the system -- >> it makes the system work, not go around the system. >> it goes around the system. items of pork are voted on and that may make the system work for people behind -- >> they are in fact items that need to be appropriately addressed for purposes of keeping the economy going. >> yeah, like subsidies to rum producers and subsidies for nascar track owners. >> they don't have votes, joseph. >> exactly. i know -- >> they all have an interest, joseph and while their interests may not be taxes on the wealthy, they are prepared to put taxes on the wealthy provide you take care of their racetrack. >> they were wealthyenoughtohirealobbyistto get around the rules. >> the rules are the rules and nothing violated any of
this fiscal cliff was so loaded with pork. is this the only way we can get things done in politics anymore. >> you refer to it as pork. it is a method by which you respond to the interests of the people who are to cast the vote and that's not pork. >> what is that then? >> paola? >> no. it's a way to go around the system -- >> it makes the system work, not go around the system. >> it goes around the system. items of pork are voted on and that may make the...
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the tax deal that was just done on the fiscal cliff was supposed to solve or help with revenue but in the first year sandy wipes out the savings in in 2013 and undercovers how difficult it is to work on the debt it defines tax-and-spend. >> both agree this is money well spent negotiation? >> sure, but the issue is, do you add it to the deficit in door you go ahead and find offsets? there are a lot of things that folks have problems with. one is that the a lot of the spending did not happen until 2013 and in the future. there was an argument that okay, we will take care of the emergency needs in the next year and a half and declare those an emergency and allow that to go under the deficit but money spent after 2014, make that compete in the regular budget process with all the other money so that way you find offsets or lesser programs if we have to spend. so the question is not, do you spend the up. the question is, do you borrow from the future to spend the money or do you find other ways to take care of it? >> what do you think? some say there are so many things that go directly to t
the tax deal that was just done on the fiscal cliff was supposed to solve or help with revenue but in the first year sandy wipes out the savings in in 2013 and undercovers how difficult it is to work on the debt it defines tax-and-spend. >> both agree this is money well spent negotiation? >> sure, but the issue is, do you add it to the deficit in door you go ahead and find offsets? there are a lot of things that folks have problems with. one is that the a lot of the spending did not...
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we did some revenue as part of the most recent agreement on the fiscal cliff, but we need to continue to do a combination of targeted cuts and revenue from closing those tax loopholes. i remember -- i think the american people do -- mitt romney and paul ryan talked about all those tax loopholes that benefit very wealthy people. well, let's get rid of some of those to help reduce the deficit. >> i wanted to talk about the policy fights that are going on. and time is of the essence with what's going on with the sequester. we've got immigration, gun control, electoral changes that are in the works, all taking place, all these conversations happening simultaneously. and then we have your colleague congressman cantor coming out yesterday to talk about rebranding of the gop, and i just want to remind everybody what he had to say. take a look. >> our house majority will pursue an agenda that is based on a shared vision of creating the conditions of health, happiness and prosperity for more americans and their families. we'll advance proposals aimed at producing results in areas like educatio
we did some revenue as part of the most recent agreement on the fiscal cliff, but we need to continue to do a combination of targeted cuts and revenue from closing those tax loopholes. i remember -- i think the american people do -- mitt romney and paul ryan talked about all those tax loopholes that benefit very wealthy people. well, let's get rid of some of those to help reduce the deficit. >> i wanted to talk about the policy fights that are going on. and time is of the essence with...
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i think that it is likely to pass in the same way things like the fiscal cliff deal pass where they will a mine sort of republican support in the house together with democrats. the bill will not be as aggressive as democrats want. i don't think there will be a poison pill like the border security triggers that can never be triggered that john cornyn wants. i still think it is likely it will pass just because the right people in washington really want it to get done. >> i guess the followup question is -- if you are optimistic bears out and it is passed, we started this whole discussion with john boehner getting fiscal cliff done and the same way you are strig and coming a bible verse away from losing the speakership. if john boehner puts this on the house floor even if republicans want this thing to pass, do you think behind that, that republican universe in the house, jeopardizes john boehner? >> i suppose it could. isn't -- isn't there a threat that the republicans will say they -- will order him not to bring it to the floor and unless a majority of the caucus supports him? >> is there
i think that it is likely to pass in the same way things like the fiscal cliff deal pass where they will a mine sort of republican support in the house together with democrats. the bill will not be as aggressive as democrats want. i don't think there will be a poison pill like the border security triggers that can never be triggered that john cornyn wants. i still think it is likely it will pass just because the right people in washington really want it to get done. >> i guess the...
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we all agree more can and must be done to get our fiscal house in order. but we must face the facts. real, lasting deficit reduction will only be achieve through the an approach that is balanced, fair, and focused on the jobs, on jobs and the prosperity of our middle class. unfortunately, this bill on the floor today fails to meet those standards. americans an members of congress should remember two words -- two words about this legislation. two words. three months. three months. that's how long republicans are prepared to raise the debt ceiling. they really don't even address the debt ceiling issue. three months. but republican leaders are doing more. they have made promises to their fellow republicans to get their vote, to even go beyond the ryan budget. this is like the ryan budget on steroids. they have called this bill no budget, no pay. but who pays under the republican budget? seniors pay. ending the medicare guarantee. seniors, children, and people with disabilities pay, cutting medicaid. children pay because it will cut investments in their educat
we all agree more can and must be done to get our fiscal house in order. but we must face the facts. real, lasting deficit reduction will only be achieve through the an approach that is balanced, fair, and focused on the jobs, on jobs and the prosperity of our middle class. unfortunately, this bill on the floor today fails to meet those standards. americans an members of congress should remember two words -- two words about this legislation. two words. three months. three months. that's how...
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cliff deal not done at all. stay with cnn all day for the developing news on the fiscal cliff, we have a big house vote perhaps as this bill gets to the floor. as we say good-bye to 2012 thank you to all the people behind the scenes who make "starting point" possible. happy new year, everyone. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ should all acquaintance be forgot
cliff deal not done at all. stay with cnn all day for the developing news on the fiscal cliff, we have a big house vote perhaps as this bill gets to the floor. as we say good-bye to 2012 thank you to all the people behind the scenes who make "starting point" possible. happy new year, everyone. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ should all acquaintance be forgot
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cliff. in place as a desperation measure. here it is, it torturing our economy. if we want to act on taxes and mandatory spending problem of -- programs, i am all for it. to force us has not worked. l's stop torturing the economy and the discretion portion of the budget, turn of sequestration and continue the debate over the budget which we're going to have to have. >> let me ask you about guantanamo bay. what did you learn that? what is the long term situation. close guantanamo. it is an unsustainable situation right now. we have had a prison riot, a .ood strikes it can only be a temporary facility given where it is located. 0 billionking at a $25 dollar bill just to keep a temporary. what do we get? it is an unbelievable cost in money to troops and civilians, to our international reputation which continues to be a major eyesore, we lose cooperation from other countries because they are concerned about it leading to being sent to get milk. what do we get out of it? could be sentm back to th
cliff. in place as a desperation measure. here it is, it torturing our economy. if we want to act on taxes and mandatory spending problem of -- programs, i am all for it. to force us has not worked. l's stop torturing the economy and the discretion portion of the budget, turn of sequestration and continue the debate over the budget which we're going to have to have. >> let me ask you about guantanamo bay. what did you learn that? what is the long term situation. close guantanamo. it is an...